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A lack of understanding and awareness of environmentally-friendly technologies could be holding Scotland back from a green homes revolution which could boost its economy by £8 billion, according to WWF Scotland.

Lomond Capital, the owner of Scottish lettings & estate agency brands Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson to create a new national lettings business with more than 22,000 properties on its books. Lomond Capital has said that the deal with Linley & Si

Andrew McPhillips has been appointed development director for Legal & General Strategic Land Limited. In his new role, Andrew will be responsible for managing a portfolio of strategic sites and will work closely with his colleagues at the CALA Group, the housebuilding arm of Legal &

Experts in the residential property division of law firm Lindsays are buoyant about price prospects for 2021 in Scotland’s property market after revealing details of their busiest four months on record. The firm recorded almost £100 million worth of sales in just four months.

Fife College has rolled out a new bespoke virtual desktop for construction students which gives them access to a range of high spec software from home. Built Environment and Interior Design students across the College can now use programmes, such as AutoCAD, Revit, Google SketchupPro and the Adobe D

A project which will transform the bottom end of King Street in Kilmarnock town centre, opening up space beside Kilmarnock Water to create a new outdoor area for public use is to begin on January 11.

Two municipal workers could be entitled to a five-figure windfall after discovering two gold bars when unblocking a sewer in Brussels. The workers pumped in water at high pressure to clear a blockage and when they struck gold.

To wrap up the difficult year that was 2020, SCN takes a look at the headlines that caught the attention of our readers throughout the year.

A developer has mounted a defence of its proposals for around 500 homes to the north of Summerston after a study found that developing the greenbelt land for housing would not be appropriate.

Plans have been submitted for 49 new homes in Paisley.

A £4.5m project to restore some of Paisley town centre's historic architecture to its former glory has now completed work at several prominent sites on and around the town's High Street.

Network Rail will soon begin work on a £1.35 million project to repair and re-paint the railway bridge on Gorgie Road in Edinburgh.

More than 30 new properties are being made available for social rent in Stonehaven and Laurencekirk following the completion of two new developments. In Stonehaven, four existing properties that were used as Aberdeenshire Council education offices at Cameron Street have been converted to form eight

West Lothian Housing Partnership (WLHP) is increasing the supply of affordable housing across the region by starting work on 34 new homes on two sites. WLHP is building 20 new homes for social rent in the latest phase of the £1 billion transformation of Winchburgh, on the outskirts of Edinburg

In an effort to ensure no child should wake up without a toy at Christmas, The JR Group ­has donated a sleigh full of toys and food, money-can’t-buy auction prizes and more than £30,000 to Cash for Kids this festive season.